At the same time, Obama was playing games with Putin.
There were a whole string of events connected to the adoption restriction. I think part of it was Russia said...no Russian children to gays.
“Putin had cut off American adoptions after an adopted Russian toddler died in a hot car.”
But the adoptions were cut off when one couple tried to return one, and when the USA would not promise not to place kids with homos. Many little kids were saved from a life immersed in perversion.